Man Found With Cocaine During I-80 Stop, Police Say

August 10, 2007|The Morning Call

POCONO TOWNSHIP

An upstate New York man was arrested Tuesday on drug charges in the Poconos after he was stopped for speeding on Interstate 80 and troopers found 25 grams of crack cocaine, state police at Swiftwater said.

Marquis R. Black, 26, of Binghamton, was driving west about 5 p.m. when he was stopped for going 70 mph in a 55 mph zone, police said.

Police said Black consented to a search of his vehicle and troopers found crack cocaine with a street value of $2,000 inside.

Black was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession with intent to deliver, police said.

Black was sent to Monroe County Prison under $40,000 bail by District Judge John Whitesell of Mountainhome.